The next morning, Sophia brought several pieces of her own handmade rice cakes to let Yang Ling taste her craftsmanship. But as soon as she entered the yard, looking at the life tree saplings that had grown to waist height overnight, she was so surprised that she couldn't come back to herself for half a day.

  "Yang, what...what's going on?" Sophia rubbed her sparkling eyes in disbelief.

  "In order to get the Fountain of Life as soon as possible, I thought of a shortcut!" Looking at Sophia's white and tender face, Yang Ling smiled mysteriously.

  Yang Ling couldn't help but glance at Sophia's proud and upright chest, causing Sophia to blush and say with a smile: "What are you looking at? Be careful not to drop your eyeballs. Tell me, what is this shortcut?"

  Generally, the saplings of the Tree of Life cannot mature in less than a thousand years, and their growth rate can be imagined. Sophia couldn't figure out what method Yang Ling had to increase the growth rate of the saplings by several dozen times.

  After grabbing a piece of sweet rice cake from Sophia's flower basket, Yang Ling swallowed it in a few mouthfuls without hesitation and said with a pretentious tone: "Alas, for the sake of getting the Spring of Life as soon as possible, I pulled the trunk of the Tree of Life upwards non-stop last night. I was busy all night and finally managed to pull it several times longer, exhausting myself to death!"

  Pull the trunk directly?

  She was stunned for a moment, looking at the faintly visible sly smile on Yang Ling's face. Sophia reacted and got angry, punching him several times on the chest, "Hurry up and tell me what's going on! If you don't say it now, I'm leaving!"

  Sophia made a move to leave, and as expected, Yang Ling quickly grabbed her right hand with his wolf-like appetite. But what she didn't expect was that this guy Yang Ling actually took the opportunity to lightly kiss her earlobe, and the electrifying numbness spread throughout her body in an instant, causing her entire body to go limp.

  "Sophia, have you noticed that the spiritual energy in this courtyard is particularly strong?" Just as Sophia's face turned bright red and her heart was racing, Yang Ling suddenly brought up a serious matter.

  After giving Yang Ling a coquettish glare, Sophia took a deep breath and tried to calm down, saying: "I don't know what you mean by 'heavenly energy', but the magic here is obviously several times stronger than outside..."

  Could it be that the stronger the magical energy around it, the faster the Life Tree sapling grows?

  As she spoke halfway, Sophia suddenly had an epiphany. The courtyard was filled with a thick magical energy, especially at night, dense like a layer of white fog that couldn't be dispersed. If being in the courtyard could speed up her cultivation, perhaps it could also promote the growth of the Tree of Life sapling.

  After drinking the sweet mountain spring water brought by Sophia from the Elf tribe, Yang Ling let out a satisfied burp and said: "Right, if I'm not mistaken, it's this thick heavenly spiritual energy, or magic, that has promoted the growth of the Tree of Life."

  "Alright, that's great! I have to go back and tell Grandfather right away, and inform the other spirit tribes. By the way, Yang, has there been any progress on the Soul-Calling Spell?"

  Sophia was excited, if she could greatly accelerate the growth of the Life Tree saplings, the Forest Sprites would be able to obtain more Life Springs earlier, thereby enhancing the strength of the entire tribe.

  After a moment of contemplation, Yang Ling told Sophia about his discovery. However, strangely enough, no matter how hard Sophia tried, the big trees around her remained completely still. On the contrary, as soon as Yang Ling sat down cross-legged and silently recited the incantation to communicate with spirits, a circle of pale green life energy would emanate from around him.

  This is strange, what's going on?

  Sophia was getting anxious and Yang Ling couldn't figure out what was going on either. In the same place, with the same incantation, no matter how hard Sophia tried, the big trees around her just wouldn't budge, not even a fart.

  "Yang brother, why don't you and I go back to the Spirit Tribe together to try and find Grandpa?" After repeating this attempt countless times, Sophia was drenched in sweat and could only give up reluctantly.

  After a moment of contemplation, Yang Ling said: "Sophia, maybe this courtyard is a bit strange. How about this, we split up and you go back to find your grandfather to try, while I'll go into the Trasen Forest to try, let's see what effect it has!"

  After being unable to think of a solution, Yang Ling suspected that it might be the influence brought by the Spirit Gathering Array in the yard. To verify this, he decided to try going to the Tras Forest where the spiritual energy was dense.

  Time waits for no one, after a reluctant farewell the two parted ways. Sophia rode Yang Ling's tamed Griffin back to the Elf tribe at top speed, while Yang Ling rushed straight into the vast and endless Tras Forest.

  After many days of cultivation, absorbing the majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the seven-colored light emitted by the numerous demon beast cores, Yang Ling felt that his cultivation had made great progress, and his speed and strength had increased by a large margin. Jumping from one tree to another, he seemed to be floating on clouds and fog without any effort, unknowingly getting farther and farther away from the edge of the forest.

  Although riding a unicorn would be faster, Yang Ling did not want to miss any opportunity to cultivate. Since narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Heavenly Executioner, he had come to realize that the only way to achieve true power was to strengthen his own abilities. Otherwise, even if he had many powerful magical beasts, it would likely be too late to summon them to aid him in battle, and he would already be dead.

  In the early morning, the Tras Forest was shrouded in a thick fog that had lingered for a long time. Yang Ling did not dare to be careless, recalling the lesson he learned from being ambushed by the female assassin Gulan Dana last time. He summoned all 2,000 or so Angle Beasts and divided them into five teams. Except for one team that stayed close to protect him, the other four teams patrolled within a radius of 200 steps, not letting any movement go unnoticed.

  After a few hours, Yang Ling arrived at a small lake that was rarely visited by people. The surrounding ancient trees stood tall, with lush greenery filling the eyes, gathering the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

  For safety's sake, he set up a simple maze near a giant tree, summoning the evil eye, withered wood warrior and unicorn, commanding the demon army to form a battle array, strictly guarding against any unexpected attacks. To avoid being suddenly pounced on by demons during his cultivation, he repeatedly confirmed that there were no high-level demons nearby before sitting cross-legged at the treetop.

  Although the spiritual energy of the forest is thicker in the depths of Teras, and his own strength has improved greatly since then, Yang Ling still does not want to take risks easily. Whether it was the warning from the Elf Elder or the memory of the Unicorn, there are many terrifying magical beasts deep in the forest, before advancing to Earth Witch, he doesn't dare to act rashly.

  The spiritual energy in the vicinity is not bad, although it can't compare to the Ling Array in Visen Castle, but it's much stronger than other places in Visen Town. Just by reciting the incantation once, Yang Ling felt that the big and small trees around him emitted a vast amount of life energy. After absorbing it, it mixed with the crimson witch power inside his body and circulated along a mysterious trajectory.

  In the courtyard, just a few large trees emit a lot of life energy. Located in the rarely visited Tras Forest, what's going on?

  Feeling the increasingly abundant life energy, Yang Ling was full of expectations for his next cultivation! Although he didn't understand what special features this green energy had for the time being, he knew that absorbing a large amount of it would definitely bring unimaginable benefits.

  Under the stimulation of Tong Ling's magic, with Yang Ling as the center, the large and small trees around him wildly absorbed the thick heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, while emitting a majestic life energy. Even the low shrubs on the ground and the ubiquitous Mace grass were no exception, emitting a faint green aura.

  Slowly, the mighty life energy formed a layer of green mist, getting thicker and thicker, enveloping Yang Ling on the treetop. If Yang Ling opened his eyes, he would see that the towering trees around him were growing new green buds, and even the wild grasses scattered all over the ground were gradually becoming thicker and longer.

  The densely packed horned beasts advanced again, their skin gradually turning green as they all evolved into horned wings. As for those hundred lucky ones, although they didn't break through to the fourth stage, the horned wings on their backs became larger and more solid. Under full-speed charging, the speed was absolutely incomparable.

  At the same time, the evil eye also underwent a strange transformation. The two tentacles on the left and right sides gradually thickened, the large single eye turned red one moment and dark green the next, changing in an eerie manner, devouring mouthfuls of dense green energy.

  The horned beast and the evil eye benefited greatly, but compared to the withered wooden warrior over a dozen meters tall, they were small magic. After absorbing a large amount of heavenly energy and green life force, their bodies continuously expanded, contracted, then expanded again, and contracted again... Slowly, shoulders, elbows, and knee joints grew thick, sharp thorns, and their entire body was covered in a thick layer of tree armor...